Senate Majority Leader John Thune: ‘Not Averse’ to Obamacare Subsidy DealSean Moran5 Jan 202620
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday said he is “not averse” to a deal that would address high healthcare costs and potentially extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies.
Thune said he is “not averse” to a compromise that includes a pared-back extension of the Obamacare subsidies. The Senate Republican leader spoke as Sens. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Susan Collins (R-ME) have continued bipartisan talks to address the expiration of the enhanced Obamacare subsidies.
https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/2008203624955195844Moreno and Collins have proposed legislation that would extend the enhanced Obamacare subsidies and reform them to ensure that the pandemic-era benefit phases out for Americans making over $200,000 per year, ensuring it is only helps those that need it most.
Moreno’s office has said that these premium tax credits should be means-tested because “wealthy Americans don’t need Uncle Sam’s help buying insurance.”
The legislation would also end $0 premiums, requiring a minimum $25 monthly payment plan to ensure “everyone has skin in the game” and to also “shut down the fraud and abuse” that zero-premium plans invite.
“Barack Obama and the Democratic Party created this disaster, lining the pockets of massive insurance companies while healthcare costs for everyday Americans skyrocketed,” Moreno said in a written statement in December. “But I refuse to let the American people pay the price for the Democrats’ incompetence. I am willing to work with anyone to finally bring down costs for all Americans and hope my colleagues across the aisle will commit to doing the same.”
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